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CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

535 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2020

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON 2019-2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              74   02/25/2000
 LOW              -22   01/20/1943
                        01/25/1897
HIGHEST            63   12/26        MM      MM       54
LOWEST              3   02/14        MM      MM      -20
AVG. MAXIMUM     39.1              33.8     5.3     33.9
AVG. MINIMUM     25.2              20.1     5.1     20.0
MEAN             32.2              27.0     5.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     19              39.1   -20.1       41
DAYS MIN <= 32     79              77.6     1.4       82
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               5.3    -5.3        7

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        13.35   1950
 MINIMUM         2.77   1945
TOTALS           8.67              6.85    1.82     6.74
DAILY AVG.       0.10              0.08    0.02     0.08
DAYS >= .01        38              43.3    -5.3       41
DAYS >= .10        21              18.4     2.6       20
DAYS >= .50         5               3.0     2.0        2
DAYS >= 1.00        1               0.8     0.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.42

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          136.3   1978
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS           31.4              52.9   -21.5     32.0
SINCE 7/1        38.4              58.1   -19.7     44.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                 3      -2        1
DAYS >= TRACE      45              33.3    11.7       47
DAYS >= 1.0        13              16.0    -3.0        9
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         4   02/28                         10
                        02/15
                        02/27
 24 HR TOTAL      3.6   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2959              3420    -461     3399
 SINCE 7/1         MM              4722      MM       MM
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/260    DATE  01/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/250    DATE  12/31

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           22
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             24
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         45

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     74

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

...5TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD...

SOUTH BEND OBSERVED ITS 5TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD, WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 35.2 DEGREES. THIS IS 5.2 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST WINTER SINCE THE WINTER OF 2001-2002.
THERE WERE 15 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 50 DEGREES OR WARMER;
TIES FOR 7TH MOST ON RECORD IN A WINTER SEASON. THERE WERE 0 DAYS
WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO; WINTER 2018-2019 OBSERVED 6
DAYS. THIS GIVES SOUTH BEND 394 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR ABOVE ZERO,
WHICH RANKS AS THE 12TH LONGEST STREAK ALL TIME. THERE WERE ONLY 4
DAYS THIS WINTER WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES OR LESS; THE
3RD LEAST ON RECORD.

8.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED; 1.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 28TH WETTEST ON RECORD. DECEMBER FINISHED 0.42
INCHES BELOW NORMAL, BUT PRECIPITATION WAS 2.53 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
IN JANUARY! THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL THIS WINTER
WAS 2.42 INCHES ON JANUARY 11TH. FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION ENDED 0.29
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER WAS 21.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL; TOTALING 31.4
INCHES. DESPITE THIS SEEMINGLY IMPRESSIVE VALUE, IT RANKS AS ONLY
THE 29TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE LEAST SNOWIEST
WINTER SINCE 2005-2006 WHEN 28.4 INCHES WERE OBSERVED. FEBRUARY WAS
THE ONLY MONTH THIS WINTER WHERE SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL.

BROWN

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